CVE•Published 2017-03-23•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-1597Netiq · Access_governance_suite
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A logged-in user in NetIQ Access Governance Suite 6.0 through 6.4 could escalate privileges to administrator.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-23
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-1597Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Netiq Access Governance Suite" version:"6.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Access Governance Suite"HTTP body or banner mentions "Access Governance Suite" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-1597Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-1597Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-1597Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-1597GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-1597" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.